Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes. Coin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Royal Estate Auctions - $1 Coin Auctions300,000 items to help build your collection! Specializing in Modern Numismatics Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

1944 Geman Notes 1mark & !/2 Mark

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 2 / Views: 1,350Next Topic  
Valued Member

Australia
122 Posts
 Posted 10/04/2011  05:43 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ingine to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here are two 1944 German notes I have that have. They both have handwriting on them. One is addressed to A Sargent E.W. (something) Berger. It then has the initials G.K 5Th Int. A.P.C (or L). 360 Germany. The other is addressed to a Sargent in the U.S Army. I find these very interesting and just thought I would share. I would also be interested if anybody can read all of the handwriting, as I can't make it all out, thanks :)


1944-Geman-Notes-1mark-&-!/2-Mark

1944-Geman-Notes-1mark-&-!/2-Mark

1944-Geman-Notes-1mark-&-!/2-Mark

1944-Geman-Notes-1mark-&-!/2-Mark
Moderator
Learn More...
Sap's Avatar
Australia
16868 Posts
 Posted 10/04/2011  07:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They're not "addressed to", they're "signed by". Soldiers on station overseas would often take a local note and sign it, as a souvenir or memento. Sometimes, notes were signed by entire platoons or companies, and were often subsequently used in a similar fashion to modern "challenge coins". Such notes are known as "short snorters". These German AMC notes are a little too small for short snorter usage - there's not much room on them to write the names of lots of people.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Valued Member
Australia
122 Posts
 Posted 10/04/2011  09:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ingine to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you Sap for the very informative post. I now know what I'm looking at. It's even more special to me knowing it was centemental to someone once.
  Previous TopicReplies: 2 / Views: 1,350Next Topic  

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.23 seconds to rattle this change. Forums